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(Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 2000;20:2539.)
© 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.

Vascular Biology

In Vivo Activation of Rat Aortic Platelet-Derived Growth Factor and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors by Angiotensin II and Hypertension

Shokei Kim; Yumei Zhan; Yasukatsu Izumi; Hideo Yasumoto; Masahiko Yano; Hiroshi Iwao

From the Department of Pharmacology (S.K., Y.Z., Y.I., H.Y., H.I.), Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan, and the Environmental Biological Life Science Research Center, Inc (M.Y.), Shiga, Japan.

Correspondence to Shokei Kim, MD, PhD, Department of Pharmacology, Osaka City University Medical School, 1-4-3 Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan. E mail kims@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp

Abstract—It is unclear whether the previous in vitro evidence of a link between angiotensin II (Ang II) and growth factor receptors can apply to the in vivo situation. In this study, we examined vascular platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor activation in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP) and the role of Ang II. Tyrosyl phosphorylation of the growth factor receptors was determined by Western blot analysis coupled with immunoprecipitation. Tyrosyl phosphorylation of the aortic PDGF ß-receptor, but not the EGF receptor, was chronically increased in SHRSP with hypertension, compared with normotensive rats, being accompanied by increased extracellular signal–regulated kinase (ERK) activity. Treatment of SHRSP with ACE inhibitors (perindopril or enalapril) significantly reduced aortic PDGF ß-receptor tyrosyl phosphorylation and ERK activity, whereas treatment with hydralazine failed to reduce these activities. Therefore, these aortic changes in SHRSP were mediated by Ang II in response to vascular ACE. Ang II was infused into rats to examine the effects on aortic growth factor receptors. Chronic Ang II infusion, via the angiotensin type 1 receptor, significantly increased activation of the aortic PDGF ß-receptor but not the EGF receptor. Thus, the aortic PDGF ß-receptor, activated by ACE-mediated Ang II, seems to be responsible for vascular remodeling in hypertensive rats.

Key Words: angiotensin • vascular remodeling • platelet-derived growth factor • hypertension • tyrosine phosphorylation

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